TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and characterization of depolarizing samples based on the indices of polarimetric purity
AU - Eeckhout, Albert Van
AU - Lizana, Angel
AU - Garcia-Caurel, Enric
AU - Gil, José J.
AU - Ossikovski, Razvigor
AU - Campos, Juan
PY - 2017/10/15
Y1 - 2017/10/15
N2 - © 2017 Optical Society of America. In this work, we discuss the interest of using the indices of polarimetric purity (IPPs) as a criterion for the characterization and classification of depolarizing samples. We prove how differences in the depolarizing capability of samples, not seen by the commonly used depolarization index PΔ, are identified by the IPPs. The above-stated result is analyzed from a theoretical point of view and experimentally verified through a set of polarimetric measurements. We show how the approach presented here can be useful in easily synthetizing depolarizing samples with controlled depolarizing features, just by properly combining low-cost fully polarizing elements (such as linear retarders or polarizers).
AB - © 2017 Optical Society of America. In this work, we discuss the interest of using the indices of polarimetric purity (IPPs) as a criterion for the characterization and classification of depolarizing samples. We prove how differences in the depolarizing capability of samples, not seen by the commonly used depolarization index PΔ, are identified by the IPPs. The above-stated result is analyzed from a theoretical point of view and experimentally verified through a set of polarimetric measurements. We show how the approach presented here can be useful in easily synthetizing depolarizing samples with controlled depolarizing features, just by properly combining low-cost fully polarizing elements (such as linear retarders or polarizers).
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.004155
DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.004155
M3 - Article
VL - 42
SP - -
JO - Optics Letters
JF - Optics Letters
SN - 0146-9592
ER -